David Bowie | Stay | Live at the Sydney Showgrounds | 20 November 1983 | Nacho Restoration and Edit

Today it is 40 years since David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour commenced its 2-month North America leg, on the 11 July 1983. The 1983 Serious Moonlight concert film (and later live album) was shot on the North America leg of the tour. In my opinion that film leaves quite a lot to be desired, including omitting some of the better songs performed on the tour. Stay’s omission was particularly unfortunate, because the Slick–Alomar-Roja-Thompson band do a great job on one of Station to Station’s standout tracks. And it was the first time that Earl Slick, got his chance to let rip live on stage, on his signature Bowie tune, after having been ousted from performing on the Station to Station tour seven years earlier. So, late last year it was great to see the upload of a previously unseen complete 1983 live show, professionally shot at Sydney Showgrounds: Here is the back story of the material, sent to me by the uploader, Steve Cave: “For the final Austra